Bed cover



Feb. 10, 1953 r v 2,627,617

BED COVER Filed June 12, 1950 Lawrence H- Aw'la INVENTOR.

BY M /tim Patented Feb. 10, 1953 BED COVER Lawrence H. Avila, Oakland, Calif., assignor to Avila Products 00., Oakland, Calif., a corporation of California Application June 12, 1950, Serial No. 167,590

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a cover adapted to envelope the mattress, sheet and blanket, the primary object of which is to keep a child well covered during the sleeping hours.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a bed cover in the form of a sack which can be slipped onto and made to envelop the mattress, sheet and blanket and which will effectively prevent any possibility of the child becoming uncovered regardless of how restless he may become during the sleeping hours.

The cover can be made to fit any size bed and will also keep the bed neat and orderly at all times.

Another important object of this invention is to provide a bed cover of the character described including a novel means for removably securing the same readily and quickly to the bed posts of the conventional bed or crib.

A further important object of this invention is to provide a bed cover of the character described in which the top portion or panel of the cover may be adjustably opened and folded back to allow for changing the bedding and also to suit the needs of the child with respect to the amount of covering desired.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated. by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cover shown engaging a mattress and sheet thereon;

Figure 2 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1 and illustrating the matter of holding back the top panel or portion;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

Specific reference is now made to the drawings. In the several views in the accompanying drawings and in the following specification reference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout.

The present cover is fabricated of suitable textile material and is ada ted to envelop a conventional mattress l2 with appropriate bedding such as a sheet and blanket (not shown) thereon. The cover is in the form of an envelope or sack open at one end and includes a bottom panel I8, side walls 20, an end wall 22 and a top panel comprising inturned flanges 46 on the side walls Eli and. a flap I5. The side portions are cut away at the forward end, as at 24 2 and extend to the corners 26 of the mattress. It will be understood that the dimensions of the bed cover could be such as to snugly envelop the mattress or loosely envelop the same as desired.

The present bed cover is easily and removably secured to the frame of the bed or crib by the following means. Secured to the sides 29 of the cover adjacent the corners thereof, by any suitable means such as sewing, are straps 28 which include adjacent their free ends a female member and a male member 32 of a conventional snap fastener. The straps are wound about the bed posts or corners of the crib (not shown) to form loops 34 which are retained in closed position by means of the male and female members 3!] and 32 of the snap fasteners. In this manner said covering is secured to the frame of the bed or crib s that it cannot move out of place and will maintain the child covered throughout the sleeping hours.

To adjustably fold back the top flap l6 so that access may behad to the bedding on the mattress and also to adjust the degree of covering on the child, longitudinally extending, slide fastening means, such as zippers 36 and 38 are provided to detachably connect said flap to the flanges M! of the bed cover as shown clearly in the drawing. It will be seen that the slide fasteners 36 and 38 terminate on the top of the bed cover adjacent the end wall 22 as indicated at 42. The adjustable holding back of the flap I6 is shown clearly in Figure 2.

In the modification shown in Figure 3, the bed cover is also in the form of a sack adapted to envelope the mattress but is fabricated of an upper portion 44 and a lower portion. 46 secured together at their sides by a rectangular seam 48. This allows for ease in construction of the bed cover, and in all other respects the bed cover is identical in construction with the form shown in Figures 1 and 2 inasmuch as it includes the snap fastener type of bed post-engaging attach ing straps 50 and the slide fasteners 52.

In View of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the de vice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shOWn and described preferred embodiments of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is for securing the corner portions of the sack to claimed as new is: a bed.

A bed cover comprising a substantially rec- LAWRENCE H. AVILA. tangular sack open at one end for the reception of a mattress, said sack including a bottom 5 REFERENCES CITED Panel, a relatively Short p P d Side Walls The following references are of record in the and an end wall connected to said bottom and m of t patent: top panels, said top panel comprising inturned v .1 longitudinal marginal flanges on the side walls UNITED STATES PATENTS and a flap between said flanges, separable fas- 10 Number Name Date teners detachably connecting the free longitu- 1,363,256 Snoddy June 14, 1932 dinal edges of the flanges and the flap, and means 1,385,553 smith 1932 

